(I have my camera back today. I’m so pleased!! Can’t wait to see how much better the images are and how much time I can save in not needing to remove spots!) When working on a long-term project such as a…

Yippie-skippie, yay, yahoo! It’s warming up for a few days! Tomorrow might not require wearing every single layer that I own! Of course, a warmup in January almost always means more snow, even if it’s just a bit. This morning…

What a glorious morning. Though it didn’t start out that way. It started groggy and painful, with a ragged cough from a swollen throat nearly touching off a gag reflex. That plus the thought, what could one day hurt? will…

Today there is nothing in my head. The well of creativity has temporarily run dry. Or if not dry, then obscured by the painful coughing that drives spikes through my throat and lungs, the throbbing head and eyes that flinch…

Walking up to the hill, breathing through the thick layer of the heavy-duty face mask and feeling the vapor of my breath settle and freeze on the fabric, I was hoping that it wouldn’t be terribly windy on the overlook.…

“Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake!” (Points if you can tell me what show that’s a quote from; extra-special BONUS points if you know the rest of it!) I am so glad the sun came out to play today! It was colder,…

You might have noticed that I enjoy stories. I love hearing them, and I like telling them. Stories are often our first introduction to the concepts of adventure, courage, overcoming adversity; they fuel the imagination, help us make sense of…

The most observant among you will have noticed occasional specks in my photographs. Here’s what an unaltered picture looks like right now from my camera at f/22: Drives you crazy, doesn’t it? All those honkin’ HUGE specks all over what…

Have you ever fallen asleep while mentally examining an issue of some kind? A situation at work, a misunderstanding with a friend, a question about where your life is going versus where you want it to go, even a math…

So you’ve made a long-term commitment. It might be a fun thing, that you enjoy and feel enthusiasm for; it might be the kind of challenge you thrive on; might even be the ‘let’s see what happens if‘” variety, which is…